Course Description

Program Description This two year Ontario College Diploma program in heritage carpentry and joinery consistently produces graduates with skills that set them apart from graduates of other carpentry and woodworking programs. The first year curriculum is focused on instilling sound fundamentals: woodworking and traditional joinery, historic and modern carpentry, construction practices, drafting and print reading, trade related mathematics, geometric layout, wood technology and architectural history and terminology. These strong fundamentals allow the program of study to expand in the second year to include: traditional doors and windows, timber frame and log construction, architectural millwork, staircasing, building science and preservation techniques. This program is differentiated from other carpentry programs through an emphasis on wood as a material, and the role of producer of both buildings and their architectural components. Students construct buildings and building components from locally harvested and market sourced lumber and timber. The satisfaction of crafting these projects from beginning to end offers a truly engaging and fulfilling educational experience.

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